Therefore, SPB hydrolysates could be used as natural antioxidant-cryoprotectant and gel texture enhancer in freshwater fish surimi. Heterocyclic aromatic amines (HAAs) are neo-formed compounds generated during the cooking of meats and are known or suspected to be mutagenic and carcinogenic. In this study, a novel, simple, and fast methodology combining salting-out liquid-liquid microextraction, solid-phase extraction (SPE), and UHPLC-APCI-MS/MS was developed for the analysis of 16 HAAs. The QuEChERS extraction (quick, easy, cheap, efficient, rugged, and safe) was revisited and modified using mixed-mode SPE purification to adapt the method to the particular physicochemical properties of HAAs and the fatty nature of the beef matrix. The UHPLC-MS/MS analysis was performed on a C8 column in less than 4&nbsp;min using positive APCI ionisation and an internal standard. The method was validated according to the European Medicines Agency and Eurachem guidelines and was successfully applied to beef samples of various cooking degrees, showing HAA levels similar to those shown by previous studies. Lactose is mostly hydrolysed in the small intestine, whereas lactulose, recognised prebiotic carbohydrate, reaches the colon to be fermented by the intestinal microbiota. Digestibility of these substrates was investigated by an in vitro digestion model using a Rat Small Intestine Extract (RSIE). A kinetic study of lactose digestion showed levels of hydrolysis (82.8%) at 0.2&nbsp;mg*mL-1 and the highest hydrolysis rate constant (kobt). Considering these conditions, lactulose showed high resistance to intestinal digestion by RSIE, resulting in low hydrolysis degrees (20.4%) after 5&nbsp;h reaction. These results underline the suitability of these intestinal extracts under the studied conditions, as a reliable tool to evaluate carbohydrate digestion and support the evidences towards the higher resistance of galactosyl-fructose linkages during its intestinal degradation. As the accumulation of mercury ions has a detrimental impact on human health, the design and development of a new type of biosensor that can rapidly, sensitively and selectively detect Hg2+ in aqueous solutions are essential. In this study, we have developed an exonuclease III (ExoIII) and Terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase (TdT) dependent isothermal amplification (ETDA) colorimetric biosensor. The template sequence is a hairpin where -NH2 is labeled at the 3'-end and both termini are T-rich sequences. In the presence of Hg2+, the template formed a blunt end, and the catalytic activity of ExoIII was activated with cleavage of the -NH2 at the 3'-end. TdT enzyme activity was initiated with the formation of a large number of G-rich nucleic acid sequences. G-rich sequences incubated with iron (III)-hemin mimicked peroxidase-like activity, catalyzing the oxidation of 3,3',5,5'-tetramethylbenzidine (TMB) in the presence of H2O2. The biosensor constructed in this paper had a good linear range, 1-25&nbsp;nmol/L. Its detection limit was 0.41&nbsp;nmol/L (3σ), and recovery rates were between 100.5% and 103%. In conclusion, combined with the colorimetric biosensor and double enzyme cyclic amplification reaction, an ultra-sensitivity and strong specificity detection method was developed to detect Hg2+. At the same time, this method also expands the detection method of Hg2+ available in the literature. https://www.selleckchem.com/products/jw74.html In this study, starch was isolated from 13 genotypes of 12 Lycoris species, and the morphology, granule size distribution and physicochemical properties, including apparent amylose content (AAC), Rapid Visco Analyzer (RVA) pasting properties, textural properties, thermal and retrogradation properties were characterized. The majority of starch granules of the 13 Lycoris genotypes were oval in shape, and granule size followed a normal distribution with a mean diameter of 20-30&nbsp;μm. Contrary to previously published findings, the XRD results revealed that lycoris starches had either C-type or CA-type crystallinity. All lycoris starches showed high AAC varying from 25.6% to 32.7%, and low gelatinization temperature (GT) ranging from 58.8 to 69.7℃. Inter-relationships among 18 starch quality traits were analyzed based on correlation analysis. The present study provides information on lycoris starch characteristics which should serve as a useful guide for later studies on lycoris starch utilization in food and non-food industries. Heavy metal contamination is one of the most pressing concerns for food security and human health. Understanding the risk to human health posed by soil pollution that enters the food chain is paramount. Here, we systematically assessed potential risks due to heavy metal (Cd, Cr, Pb, Hg, and As) contamination in soil and crops (2241 pairs of soil and crop (78 species) samples) in the Pearl River Delta urban agglomeration of China. Cadmium was the most common pollutant among all the heavy metals identified in soil and crops. The greatest risk of Cd ingestion from leaf and root vegetable consumption was concentrated within Huizhou. The highest risks to human health from heavy metals were found in rice and maize. This is the first time that the risk to human health from heavy metal contamination in soil and crops, and their associated spatial risk pattern, in China have been assessed systematically. Fumonisins (FBs) exist widely in crops, foods and feeds. Consumption of FBs contaminated corn can cause oesophageal cancer. So it is necessary to develop sensitivity methods for its detection. Here, we report an enhanced assay for rapid and ultra-sensitive detection of FBs based on nanomagnetic beads (NMBs) and antibody-biotin-streptavidin-HRP. Because antibody-BNHS can bind with several number of streptavidin-HRP, the signal amplification of the catalytical oxidation of TMB was enhanced. The detection limit of sensor was down to 0.21&nbsp;ng&nbsp;mL-1 with a linear range from 0.31 to 162.42&nbsp;ng&nbsp;mL-1. Since NMBs provide a nearly "in solution" reaction, they lead to a shortened reaction time (22&nbsp;min) than that of flat solid-phase based traditional assay. Furthermore, the recoveries obtained by standard FBs spiked to maize samples were from 100.6 to 107.3%. This enhanced assay supplied a rapid, sensitive and reliable method for detection of FBs in maize.